II.181 Baker Dining Table, 1966 (158)

Name/Title

II.181 Baker Dining Table, 1966 (158)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0230.0158.1966

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

White oak

Collection

Tables, 1960s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1966

Time Period

1960s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Transcription

W.C. 66

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.181

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

158

Dimensions

Dimension Description

The height is measured from tabletop to ceiling.

Height

82 in

Width

108 in

Height

208.3 cm

Width

274.3 cm

Color

Brown

Inventory

Inventoried By

[email protected]

Inventoried Date

Aug 28, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Douglas and Ann Baker

Place

City

Rochester

State/Province

New York

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Helen Giambruni, "Wendell Castle," Craft Horizons (September/October 1968). Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms–Works from 1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Dorothy Kamm, "Castle's Fantasy Furniture," Nit & Wit: Chicago's Art Magazine (May/June 1983). "Limber Timber," Newsweek (May 13, 1968). Rita Reif, "Furniture That Seems To Be Growing," New York Times, April 9, 1968. "Wendell Castle," Mobilia (Copenhagen) (August 1968). Donald Willcox, Wood Design (New York: Watson-Guptill, 1968).

Note Type

Comments

Note

Table was destoryed due to glue failure. It was constructed in four sections and was suspended by three arms from a ring on the ceiling; a fourth pendant arm was a lamp. The entire commission included two Baker Two-Seaters, II.132 and four Baker Dining Chairs, II.133.

Create Date

August 28, 2026

Update Date

August 28, 2026